It's About Time: Power Towers that Look Good

When Iceland had an economy, they held a competition to design a more elegant tower for a new power transmission network. Architect Dietmar Koering of Arphenotype designed these, where every one is different, the shape varying according to longitude and latitude.

The architect writes:

"A parametric code drives the heights in an continuous gradient, which will be manufactured physically through help of milling machines."

- Just like a Frank Gehry building could not be designed and built without computers, making every pole different would be hugely expensive and difficult.

"Once the parameters are set, it is just the location of tower by latitude and longitude that will result in unique towers."